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Guest woke up from the sounds of -extremely- loud movement, he groaned as he sat up
He blinked a few times, until he could see Diasy rummaging in their closet.. more specifically his part of the closet
"What're... What're you doing?"
Daisy looked over at guest, letting out an amused huff at the state of his hair/fluff
"It's Halloween!~ Our favorite holiday!" Daisy, proudly, announced. She soon went back to rummaging through the closet
"Halloween?" Guest rubbed his eye with the palm of his hand "Already?"
"Yep! Time flies when you wanna have fun!"
Guest ran his fingers through his hair, attempting to fix it, but in the end just made it look worse
"Right.." Guest looked down at his own hands, when did he start to pick at those dammed scars on his arms?
Guest looked up when he felt the mattress dip
"There they are! I was wondering where these bad boys went!" Daisy picked up a case for a Friday the 13th DVD
The memories when he first met Jason flashed through his mind..
His hand subconsciously moves to trace one of the first permanent scars he earned from Jason
A knock on the door took Guest out of his thoughts
Daisy and guest couldn't even say a word before the door opened to reveal Matt and Charlotte.
"Dad! DadDadDadDadDadDad" Charlotte quickly jumped on top of guest, who let out a soft 'oof'
"Ey' char.. you're more.. energetic than usual"
"It's Halloween! Of course I'm energetic! Fee candy!!" Charlotte wraps her arms around her father
"Yeah, dude, free candy, that's a child's dream!" Matt leaned against the wall next to Daisy
"Dad, are you going trick or treating with me again this year?!"
Guest stayed quiet for a moment.. that is a good question..
Can he handle it?
It's been at least a good couple of months but the memories are still fresh.. That's why he hid those movies
He must've been quiet for a while as Matt spoke "Maybe he can next year? You know how we told you about that place He was.. staying at right?"
Charlotte's smile faltered for a moment before becoming even brighter "So I'll just be me and' mom tonight?"
"Guess so char, it's a ladies' night!" Daisy walked over to Charlotte and picked her up.
"Tch, whaat? I'm not allowed to come? Unfair" Matt rolled his eyes as he flopped on the bed next to guest
"Your costumes always suck, I can't be seen near any of your weird garbage!" Charlotte stuck her tongue out at Matt
"What!? I have some cool costumes.."
"No offense Matt, but the only 'cool costume' you had was the one guest made for you in high school"
"Eh, whatever"
The two girls laughed as they started to leave to go and see what they should wear later that night, leaving Matt and guest alone
They were both silent for a while, now and again Matt would glance over at guest
After at least a minute of that, Matt decided to speak again
"Is that the reason why you kept ditching movie night?"
"What?"
"Every time we tried to get you to watch a movie with us, you kept on finding a way to just... avoid it. Is it cuz of that weird place? Whatchya mcallit"
"Oh uh.. yeah I guess..that place was.. living horror movie set up basically"
Matt let out a hum
Guest grabbed Matt's hand when he started to hear his friend pick at his nails
"You ever think you'll just.. get better?"
Guest was quiet for a moment before shrugging "I hope so.. just.. maybe not Friday the thirteenth.."
Matt nods once
"When the girls leave, you want to watch like.. some stupid cringe movie?" Matt looked over at guest who nodded
"Sure.. why not"
Matt nods in response before looking up at the ceiling, silence filling the space
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Matt hummed some TV show's theme song he had heard weeks ago as he watched the popcorn kernels cook
"Matt! Whaddya think?" Matt looked behind him as he heard Daisy's voice. She was dressed up as a vampire
"Wow.. you look.. good I guess?" Matt stepped closer to her
"I know I look good! Char and I decided to match tonight!" Daisy announced excitedly, she seems quite proud of her handwork
"Speaking of char," Matt looked around "where is she?"
"Ah, Guest is doing her makeup"
"You mean actually doing her makeup, or doing that emo look he always did when he was young?"
"What do you think?"
The two chuckled to themselves before quietening down as they heard footsteps coming closer to the kitchen
"Wow.. hon' you outdid yourself tonight!" Daisy exclaimed, bringing a hand up to her mouth in shock
Matt looked over her shoulder to reveal a Daisy whose face was full of makeup, and a beautiful Gothic dress (does this make sense?? Idk doesn't matter </3)
"Yeah! Dad really outdid himself! I look fang-tastic!" Charlotte chuckled at her own disgusting pun
"Never make a pun in front of me again or in drop kicking you out the window" Matt rolled his eyes and turned away from Charlotte to get his popcorn
"Whyre.. what're you making popcorn for, Matt?" Guest looked at the bowl Matt was pouring the popcorn into, and then looked up at Matt himself
"Well, my dearest pal, since we're staying home, I decided, why not do our version of hanging out?" Matt said cheerfully
"So.. watching dumb rom-coms?"
"Of course man!"
Guest chuckled as he went to the living room to find one of their favorites
"You and dad have a weird relationship" Charlotte attempted to snatch a bit of the popcorn, but Matt slapped her hand away
"This popcorn is for me and your dad, only.. and our relationship is not weird.. right Daisy?"
"It's weird Matt.. oh, so weird"
"Screw you too then" Matt sighed "Okay Guesty-Westy, I'm never gonna say that again, you got anything picked out?"
Matt cracked his knuckles. They didn't get a reply
"Huh.. that's weird- you think he's okay?" Daisy looked between Matt and the doorway
"Uhhh.. maybe we should.. check?"
Daisy nods once
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When did guest get so.. shaky? It probably wasn't even c00lkidd, probably just some small child dressing up as a demon..who was the same size as ck.. and the same laugh.. or maybe he was hearing things?
When could he hear things outside the house? Where do the windows open? The windows were open.. something feels wrong, are there people watching him?
What was that growl? Was that a dog or John? No John was either with 1x or Builderman.. so it has to be a dog
Guest flinched when he felt a hand touch his shoulder
"Guest? You okay? You're more shaky-er than when you wake up from one of those nightmares about- oh guest-!"
"Im-I'm fine it's just um.."
Guest flinched when he heard bones crack.. no.. someone clapped.. Daisy clapped, nobody's spin was snapped in half..
"Seems like we gotta buff up the.. everything" Daisy started to move to the closet to get the extra blankets and pillows
"Wait.. what're you doing?" Matt turned to Daisy, watching as she prepared one of the most comfortable things in the world
"My best friend is hurting mentally, so now, ima make sure he's comfy, and won't cry"
"Ohhh.. that makes sense?"
"Indeed.. you guys want candy? You guys are gonna get candy!"
"Daisy.. you don't-"
"NOPE!" Daisy walked over to the guest, and basically dragged him to the couch "You, are sitting right here, don't move a muscle, Matt can do anything you want him to do" Daisy nodded to herself, ignoring Matt's angry 'Hey!'
"Charlotte" Daisy turned to her daughter "go get the bag" Charlotte nodded and ran off to get the bag they'll collect the candy in
Daisy then turned to Matt, walking over to him, and grabbed his shoulder tightly
"If I come home and guest is in pain. Or is panicking. Or just miserable in general. I will #### end you, Matt.. understand?"
"Yes ma'am, I'll treat your husband, and my boyfriend, with the utmost respect!"
Daisy nods once, turning to go get Charlotte
"Wonder what typa candy they'll get not gonna lie"
"Dunno" guest stared down at his hands (paws?)
Matt stared at guest for a moment before moving to sit next to him
"Sooooo.. what typa stupid thing should we watch tonight?"
Guest shrugged, his vision turning to the window.. what would the possibility be that c00lkidd.. or pr3tty, or bluudud would be out tonight? More specifically this area?
Hopefully low.. Guets would prefer not to get questioned as to why he punched a child
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The show guest and Matt decided to watch was the worst.
The plot made no sense
Telamon appeared out of nowhere (er, a bad costplay of them), and punched some freak..
Over all its a 6.5/10 over all the weird movies He and matt have watched
Guest leaned back on the couch, staring out the window
Every now and again he would hear.. something that resembles something too close to ck, too close to mafioso, too close to 1x..
Guest sighed and just grabbed a blue jolly rancher and put it in his mouth
He's fine. None of them are here, and even if they WERE here, Nobody would get hurt. They aren't controlled by the spectre anymore.. nobody can be hurt by that exuse of a god anymore
"Whyre you staring at the ceiling?"
Matt rested his head on Guests shoulder
"Thinking"
"About?"
"That place.."
"Oh"
They didnt say anything after that... Matt felt like he should have said something, anything.. but what could he say to that?
Guest looked down at Matt, before looking up at the window again when he heard something fall outside
"Whas that?" Matt raised his head to look at the window as well
"Dunno" guest muttered before standing up and walking to the window
He pulled the curtain open, looking around the yard before his eyes fell onto some group of kids doing something dumb
But guest paid attention to one kid.. he didnt know why but the kid reminded him too much of the spectre..
Which caused him to remember.. horrible.. memories
The agony
The burning
He felt as though he was being cut open
"Guest?" Matt called out, but it didnt sound like matt.. not fully at least...
Guest closed the curtain before stumbling back to the couch with Matt
"Guest-?" Matt touched his friends shoulder, feeling him shake
Matt didn't say anything, he just pulled guest closer to him
Guest wrapped his arms around his friend tightly, scared if he let go one of them would dissappear..
"Is okay guest.. just breathe.. whatever happened is done now, nothings wrong, youre safe, youre family's safe, everyone is safe, okay?" Matt spoke slowly, rubbing guests arm slowly
Guest let out a shaky breathe before nodding
"You wanna continue watching this or?"
Guest was quiet for a few moments before responding with a quiet, "can we just.. lay down."
Matt nods once, letting out a yelp as guest picked him up and took them to the 'guest room'
Guest put Matt down onto the bed before joining him, wrapping his arms around Matt's once more
Matt let out a quiet huff, before smiling softly. He kissed Guests forehead, muttering soft words that he, and everyone else, is safe and sound, only stopping when he was sure guest was asleep, to then fall under the luring call of slumber himself..
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And then Daisy got mad they didnt clean up the living room and they were banned from cuddling for 2 days... </3